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Thursday, January 26, 2012

I have finally found some time to use the Lily Bee collection Head Over Heels. It was one of my favorites from summer CHA. The colors are so me.

Today I have a card to share with you. It features one of the new Mbossibilities folders from Spellbinders that are being released this weekend at CHA-W. This particular folder is EL-004 Imperial. The thing that makes these folders so awesome is that they are DOUBLE SIDED!!! You get two different designs in every folder. Talk about more bang for your buck!

The teal paper that I embossed in from Core'dinations, it has a lighter teal core in the middle, so when the raised areas are sanded it brings out that lighter color, such pretty dimension!

For those of you that are wondering...I have been working on a post that features the medallion wall wreath I made for the Spellbinders blog frenzy, it's about half way done and I plan on getting it posted next week after I get back from CHA. Looking forward to spending some time in the sun!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Its that time again, Clear Scraps proudly introduces the new lines for Spring 2012!

This blog hop shares what our design team has done with the latest and greatest Clear Scraps creations!

Clear Scraps is so excited to announce the newest addition to our designs "Send It Clear" a collection of

easy to create cards that have a unique and special flare. They are sure to be treasured and remembered.

The Grand Prize today is a set of 4 beautiful Send It Clear Cards (to be shipped in Feb.)

along with a set of Clearly Accent Embellishments!! (your choice)

You do not want to miss the opportunity to win big!

We also have new "Clearly Accent Embellishments" and new Mini Albums, this year is a must have-must see year. Today I am sharing a layout that I have made using the new Lamps Embellishments (link at end of post). I really wanted these lamps to look like the old vintage street lamps...a little quick altering and I had just the look that I wanted. I painted the lamps with Modge Podge where I wanted to apply black glitter and while it was still wet I liberally sprinkled glitter over it. After that was dry I used Ranger Glossy Accents where the glass for the lamposts.

The New Release For The New Year Blog Hop begins on the January 19th and ends on January 21st @ 11:00pm Eastern time.

Winners will be posted on January 23rd, be sure to come back to see if you won!

There are FOUR ways to enter!!

#1 Hop & comment on all the blogs

#2 Follow the Clear Scraps Blog

#3 Follow the Clear Scraps Design Team Blogs (all of them)

#4 LIKE the Clear Scraps facebook page! (leave a comment on the Facebook page, so we know)

Now get to hopping! Here is the complete New Release For The New Year Blog Hop order-

Friday, January 13, 2012

The entry window for the Spellbinders Paper Arts contest on this blog has ended. Don't forget that you still have time to enter at the blogs listed on the Spellbinders blog. Thank you!

Welcome to the third day of the
Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog
Frenzy!

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts is
absolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product releases ever! These new
collections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die cutting and
embossing templates in the world! The Spellbinders
Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of our
introductions for the 2012 WinterCraft and Hobby Association trade show later this month.

Win today’s new Spellbinders
products!

Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day, see the schedule
below!

2.Cut a 5x5” piece of patterned paper and
adhere to center of card front. All of the papers that I used for this card are
from Fancy Pants Road Show.

3. Choose four different solid color papers,
cut three strips of the same size (5 x1
¼”) from each of the four papers.

4.From each set of three strips, using your Spellbinders Grand Calibur machine, you need to
die cut two using just the Classic Scallop Edge die template and one using the Classic
Decorative Inserts One Bead die template along with the Classic Scallop Edge
die template.

5.Adhere a strip of contrasting colored
paper behind each of the four strips with the Decorative Bead cut out.

6.Layer your three strips from each solid colored
paper, adhere them together. Adhere the
strips to your card front making sure to overlap one end on each set of strips.

7.Die cut and emboss and 1 1/2 x 8” strip
of paper using Classic Scallop Edge and
Classic Decorative Inserts One Hearts die templates. If an area didn't completely, add a paper or cardstock shim only to that section. Cut again, then emboss for a beautiful and intricate design!

8. Score strip at every “valley” of the
scallop and right below the bottom tip of every heart.

9.Accordion fold strip of paper (make sure
you don’t fold the paper above the heart so that you maintain the rounded look
of the petals), glue ends together, and press down center to form flower.

10.Glue flower to small circle of paper for
stability. Glue flower to lower right hand corner of card.

11.Die cut and emboss two leaves using LF-005
Grand Peony Creations die templates. Ink the edges and the raised areas of both
leaves and adhere to card.

The
second project that I made using these die templates is a wreath. I have plans to post another blog post in a
few days with the focus being this wreath and how it was made. So make sure you
come back and check it out!

By entering the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog
Frenzy you agree to theOfficial Rules.
For questions on the Spellbinders
Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy, send an email to contestquestions@spellbinders.us; no entries will be accepted at this email address.

TO ENTER:

My blog is open
for entries from 12:00 am, January 14, 2012, until 11:59 pm, January 15, 2012,
EST.

2) The subject must be E8-009 Classic Decorative
Inserts One and E8-007 Classic Edges One

3) Send!

Be sure to visit all the Designers on their Blog Frenzy dates!

Daily winners
will receive an email within 24 hours of the blog frenzy’s closing. The winners
will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize. If a winner fails to
respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn.

To be eligible for the Grand Prize, enter each and every Blog Frenzy within its
designated time period, send your entries from the email address for each
entry. The Grand Prize has a retail
value of over $1900 and includes the complete Spellbinders line of die
cutting and embossing templates released
at the 2012 Winter CHA show, and a Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and
Embossing Machine!

I love your comments! Unfortunately your comment does not count as an entry, so
be sure to enter as stated above, and then leave a comment!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

make me so happy! and so does this Handmade kit from Studio Calico. I've had to put it on hold for the last week in order to get a few other things done. I can't wait to get back to it! This is another card that I made using it. Yep, there's that same stamps that you saw in my last two posts. ADDICTED I tell you!

Scallops were made using Spellbinders Classic Scallop Edgabilites!

Ahhh...yep, that is a sigh of relief on my end. You see after 15 days out of school for the holidays, what was this mom of four looking forward to? That's right the return to school. Apparently, there were other plans in store for me. Plans of the not so fun type. Let's just say that the stomach flu started the night before school started and all of last week I had one of the four kiddos home with me. No fun for them either. I was the sole survivor. Thank God for small favors. Let's just say that I am looking forward to school this week. :)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Hello! Here I am today with one of my projects for Clear Scraps. This is really using Clear Scraps in the most simplest and basic of ways.

When I received my Handmade kit from Studio Calico and saw their 12x12 die cut paper in it, I knew immediately that I wanted to use it as the background for a layout. Enter Clear Scraps 12x12 acrylic sheets. The perfect way to provide a sturdy base for a layout. I just adhered the die cut page to the top of the clear acylic and there you have it!